NEWS

Carroll L. Estes, PhD

Social Security: Fixing the Glaring Gap for Women

UC Global Health Attracts NIH Funds to Train Next Generation of Global Health Researchers

The Women's Specialty Hospital at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will set a new standard for patient- and family-centered care

Elena Fuentes-Afflick and Elizabeth Watkins begin senior leadership positions at UCSF

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PROGRAMS

Global Health

NIH funds UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship to train next generation of global health researchers

Integrative Medicine Classes Help Breast Cancer Survivors Recover

Dr. Alison Jacoby explains everything about fibroids and treatment options in this featured video.

 

EVENTS

The Firefly Project: "The Space Between" - May 23

"Sacred Stories as Companions to Pain, Suffering, and Care" - May 24

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Women's Health Shortcuts

DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT

We Respond to Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence

The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health promotes public policy that advances women's health

Responding to intimate partner or domestic violence takes many forms. We have gathered together a group of stories and links that support the many positive developments in this work. The collections of very personal statements from some at UCSF with direct, personal experience of IPV/DV are especially poignant and powerful. Learn more about this important work here......>>

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ADVANCING WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE

Imagine a future in which every doctor who cares for you understands your unique female biology and values your preferences.

Imagine a future in which health care providers work in teams and share information with each other -- and you -- via the internet.

Imagine a brand new state of the art hospital in San Francisco devoted entirely to providing women a lifetime of reproductive health, where a woman can have a baby in a birthing center, receive the latest in breast cancer care, uterine fibroid treatment or incontinence all in a woman-centered environment.

That future is closer than you think thanks to the vision of lifelong women's healthcare advocate and expert Dr. Nancy Milliken. The Women's Specialty Hospital is part of a new $1.6 billion UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay that broke ground in October 2010.

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